2021–Present: Lunar Return, New Stations and Deep-Space Science
Luna 25
Reached lunar orbit but crashed during landing attempt; first Russian lunar mission since the Soviet era.
Era 6 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- 10 Aug 2023
- Lead / partner
- Russia
- Target
- Moon
- Category
- Lunar lander
- Status
- Failure
- Vehicle
- unknown
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- unknown
- Duration
- {{ubl|1 year (planned) | Actual: c. 9 days (mission failure) }}
Why it happened
Luna 25 flew during 2021–Present: Lunar Return, New Stations and Deep-Space Science, as part of Russia's work toward moon. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: Reached lunar orbit but crashed during landing attempt; first Russian lunar mission since the Soviet era.
Results
Reached lunar orbit but crashed during landing attempt; first Russian lunar mission since the Soviet era.
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Sources & image credits
- Pline, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · license: cc-by-sa-4.0 (source, checked 2026-08-24)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog
